Knitted collar for vests and coats.



P. G. CURTIS. KNITTED COLLAR FOR TESTS AND COATS.

APPLIGATIOH FILED 1m, 1914.

Patented July 28, 191% AUOR/VEVS UNITED STATES rATEnT canton,

FRANK our bonus, or MILWAUKEE, wisepms" KNITTED coLLAn roe an]: cases. '1

saecifioanoa-o nettusr c nt. jPatenteiiJuly 28,1914. Application filed o timism. serial No. 880,165- w 1. I v

To all 1071 am it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK G. CURTIS, a

and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Knitted Collar for-Vests and Coats, of which the following'is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to knitted shawl, collars of the convertible type for coats-and" asto be worn either, y W

1 view of a folded, knitted ellarpiecebefore vests, and of such desi turned down or standing.

The general objects of provide a knitted collar for garments of the character referred to which is knitted in" a suitable manner sothat the collar will have the proper set when turned down and yet snugly fit around the neck when turned up, the front ends of the collar being provided with a. snap fastener so as to closely fit the front of the neck when turned up. In carrying out the invention the-fabrio from which the collar is made is knitted in the form of a strip which has alternate zones of tight and loose tension, the actual dimension 'of the strip between the points of tight tension being such that the strip cut into pieces on these lines of tight tension will produce collar pieces each sufiicient to make a collar with the piece doubled along the line of'loose tension. The cut edges of the double piece are next trimmed and then sewed to the edge of the neck opening of the garment. By this arrangement the outer edge of the collar is extremely elastic, since it is formed. by the zone of loose tension of the strip, and consequently when the collar is turned down it is held in this position by the outer or lower edge of the collar being under tension, whereby it is snugly held against the shoulders. Also, by reason of the elasticity of theouteredge of the collar it can bereadily stretched in being converted from a lay-down toa standing collar, or vice versa, and while in a standing position the elasticity or tension will maintain it snugly around the neck. A buttoning device may be employed at the front ends of the collar to-close the gap at the throat and at the same time increase the tension throughout the edge of the collar to cause it to more tightly embracethe neck. The ribs of the fabric extend vertically when the collar is upstanding, whereby the ribs contribute to support the collar int-his position. For a more detailed understanding of the the invention areto;

'inventionareterence is to be had to the rob lowing description. and eiaims taken conthe fabric a which thswollars. are i nectionwith the accompanying I drawing which illustrates one embodiment oi-their! vent-ion and wherein similar "characters -b'f-.- reierenceindicate correspondingparts in all the views,- and in Which --.:Figure 1 is a front'qiew ota gsrnieitwith a collar applied thereto u y cewsl 55 position; Fig. 2 tea similar view-with the a collar in upstandmgljposition; Fig. 3 in n the same is trimmed ;'Fig.= '4 is: a "plan'- tie'ii of a portion of aknitted web' or strip from which the collar piecesare out; e. W

Referring to the drawingf-htdesignetfithe Same being a knitted weborstfipwhioh aonesxa, b ofitight tension ,are alternating result, the op piece is doubled longitudinally or along the has zones miloose teneionaltemating with J51 zones oftighttension; the grsdatioii qfiten sion from onezoneto the next, being .unia formly prive. Thus, in-wFigi.

with the zones 0, d of loose tension. ;Asfja ositeedges. of the knitted web are not paral el but symmetrically sinuous and the ribsQl-bf the fabric are close together in the zonesgorfb'Qand more separated in the zones c,"d,a'nd consequently the knitted web is transversely elastic to a greater degree I along the lines c, 03 than along the mesa, The web is cut into collar pieces 9-Q'by being" cut transversely on the lines a,'b,a'ndeach axis of the zone 0, d of'maximum elasticity, this doubling producing the arcuate, form shownin Fig. 3. 'The corners 3 of the doubled collar pie are trimmed along the dotted curved lineslt, so asto conform more. efiectively with the edge of the neck opening 5 of the garment B. This trimmed edge of the folded collar piece is fastened tothegarnient B in any suitable manner, as, for in-' stance, by one or more rows of, stitching 6,1 the points 7 of the collar piece, Fig. 3, :tor n-, ing the front ends of the finished collar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. With the collar fastened in this manner the doubled outer edge 8 thereof is'formed by the fold on the line through the zone where the tension is of maximium looseness, and consequently when the collar is turned down, as shown in Fig;

'1, the outer edge will be stretched, with the resultant effect that the tension will main 11K tain the collar in this position and snugly fit the body of the wearer; Thecollar when turned up will naturally remain in standing position, as the ribs of the collar piece extend vertically, and besides the outer mar- .gin'al portion of the collar is somewhat under tension when in upstanding position, so that the collar will snugly -fit the neck. The. front ends of the collar may have a buttoning jdevice 9 to close the collar clirectly at the throat.

Froni'the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the constructlon and described the'device which I now consider method of operation will be readily understood by thoseskilled in the art to which the ihventionappertains, and while I have ltobe thelbest e'mbodiment of the invention,

I desire tolhavej it understood thatthe device shown, is merely illustrative and that such changes maybe made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

' Having thus described my invention, I

Patent 1 I 'f ,iicla'fim a fgnew and desire to secure by Letters fjI. A garment having a collar capable of assuming an upstanding or turn-down position, said collar being made of a knitted i strip having a longitudinal zone of loose i I tension ,torming the outer edge of the collar and a zone of tight tension along the portion fastened to the garment.

2. A garment having a collar capable of assuming an upstanding or lay-down position, said collar being made of a knitted piece doubled longitudinally and having a medial zone of loose tension and marginal zones of tight tension, thezone of loose tenslon forming the outer edge of the collar and the zones of tight tension forming the inner edge that is fastened to the garment.

3. A garment having a collar capable of assuming an upstanding or lay-down position and made of a knitted piece folded longitudinally, the line of fold forming the outer edge of the collar and the edges being fastened to the garment, the ribs of the collar extending transversely to the folded and attached edges of the collar, and the tension 

